Archive of Re-Entrant Tunings

Allan Revich · From: Victoria, BC

I thought it would be nice to collect as many reentrant tunings as I could in a single post. I’ll come back and edit to add ones that are missed. I'd especially like to collect more of the "old timey" tunings.

Old Timey

Herb Remington - f# d# F# Bb E G# C# E
Joaquin Murphey - b C# E G A C E G
Reece Anderson - D F A C E G A C E G B D (string 2 BELOW string 5, string one below string 4)
"European" - g C# E A C# E (A7 - from John Ely's pages)
Marty Rifkin - c A C# E F# A C# E. (strings 6 & 8 are same gauge)
Leon McAuliffe - d G# D# F F# A C E
Paul Bigsby – f♯ c a E G♯ B C♯ E (C♯ minor – A6th Inverted) https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=379198
Paul Bigsby – f♯ e♭ B D E G♯ B E (E9)
Paul Bigsby – f♯ e♭ F♯ B♭ E G♯ C♯ E (F♯13)
Paul Bigsby – f♯ d B D E G♯ C♯ E (E13)
Alvino Rey – g C♯ E A C♯ E (A7)
Alvino Rey – b♭ C E G C E (C7)

Modern

C13 – b♭ C E G A C E G & b♭ C E G A C E
G/C7 - b♭ C E G B D G
D/Dm - f D A D F♯ A D & f A D F♯ A D
D6 - b D A D F♯ A D
Bm7/A7 - A C♯ E g B D F♯ A
G6 - e G B D G B D & e G D G B D or e G B G B D
G7 - f G B D G B D & f G D G B D
G9 - g G B D F A D
G13 - f G D E G B D
Earnest Bovine - f♯ A C# E G A c e B D
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=2995767&highlight=#2995767

NOTES: "Old Timey" tunings are tunings used by lap steel masters of past. "Modern" tunings can be any reentrant tuning that is used by any contemporary lap steel player.

Hopefully this thread will serve a dual purpose; as a historical record, and as a resource for experimenters.
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)

https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database

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